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Datolite E. Granby, CT, 12/00 "Barf Pocket"	The Human Wedge (a collecting friend of mine) Ossipee, NH, 9/00	The Vugster You can never have too many tools.

Welcome to my diggings! I am a New England mineral collector who enjoys trap rock and pegmatite quarries for their macro- and micromineral offerings.  To make up for my relative lack of collecting skill, I talk and write alot about minerals, thereby shoring up my "expertise". I firmly believe that the story of a mineral find embellishes that specimen. Mineral lore accrues as its own treasure. While you can't download a mineral specimen from the VUGSTER, the story attached is another thing. What follow are some of the sparkling gems from that great vug inside my head...

Original Articles:

 

Collecting Equipment	Top Ten Excuses for Collecting Minerals	Top Ten Qualities to Look for in a Collecting Partner
Suggested Readings	Top Ten Reasons to Divulge Locality Info	Top Ten Mineral TV Shows
Field Trips	Top Ten Things You Probably Shouldn't Say to Another Mineral Collector	Annotated List of Internet Resource Links
A Mineral to Call My Own	Top Ten Signs That It's Time to End a Field Trip	Deciphering Collector-Speak
Mineral Afflictions	Services Rendered by the VUGSTER	Mineral Club Activities That Won't Go Over Well
Top Ten Excuses for Lousy Field Trip	Top Ten List of Reasons to Skip a Collecting Trip	The VUGSTER'S Writing Clinics
Top Ten Gift Ideas for the Collector	Top Ten Bad Dreams for the Mineral Collector

Can anyone guess the significance of this background?

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© 2001 Paul Gilmore
Used with Permission of Author